Severe fuel shortages hit south China
Surging demand for fuel in China’s southern province of Guangdong, an export-oriented manufacturing centre, has led to severe shortages of petrol and diesel, prompting officials to impose rationing, news reports said today.
Many filling stations in the Guangdong provincial capital of Guangzhou were limiting each car or truck to adding 50 yuan (6 dollars) worth of fuel, newspapers said. They said some stations were completely sold out and cheaper types of fuel weren’t available anywhere.
